History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy

	History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
CS Roddam by Bill Glover

CS RODDAM

Built in 1887 by E. Withy and Company, West Hartlepool

Length 289.6 ft. Breadth 38.1 ft. Depth 19 ft. Gross tonnage 2365

Chartered by W.T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Company to lay the following cables for La Société Française des Télégraphes Sous-Marins.

CABLE WORK

1888	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Willemstad, Curacao
1888	Willemstad - La Guaira, Venezuela
1888	La Guaira - Carenero, Venezuela
1888	La Guaira - Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

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Last revised: 3 November, 2015

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